Teachers at the elementary school that Jackson attended just before he skyrocketed to megafame have covered up a sign dedicating their auditorium to him after parents complained it was distracting the kids.

The sign, which once proudly read “Michael Jackson Auditorium,” was emblazoned on the outside wall at the Gardner Street Elementary School in Hollywood, where the Gloved One was a pupil at age 11.

Now the foot-high gray letters are shrouded behind plywood.

“We had a slew of parents calling with concerns,” said Olga Quinones, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Unified School District, which ordered the coverup. “We don’t think the sign is appropriate right now.”

She added that the sign had also became a pest because so many TV crews were turning up.

Now the only word that can be seen on the peach-colored school wall is “auditorium” – but Quinones said the tainted moniker will not be removed altogether until the molestation accusations again Jackson are resolved.

“At the moment covering up the sign is taking a precaution. We want to minimize distraction to students, parents and teachers,” Quinones said.

Jackson enrolled in the school in 1969 when he was in The Jackson Five and he and his brothers moved to L.A. from Indiana.

But the soon-to-be-famous pupil didn’t last long. The moment the group’s first single, “I Want You Back,” hit No. 1 that year, Jackson left the school for private tutoring.

Twenty years later, the singer turned up for a 1989 ribbon-cutting ceremony when the sign went up, and donated cash to the school.